Census subdivision of Drayton Valley, T - Alberta

In 2011, Drayton Valley (Town) had a population of 7,049, representing a percentage change of 2.3% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 12.27 square kilometres with a population density of 574.3 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 640,081.87 square kilometres with a population density of 5.7 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Drayton Valley (Town) had 2,740 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 7.8%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Drayton Valley, T was 10.5%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 67.9% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 21.6%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Drayton Valley, T – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Drayton Valley, T – Population by broad age groups, sex and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses

Drayton Valley – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Drayton Valley, 50.2% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.

Drayton Valley – Types of private households

There were 2,740 private households3 in Drayton Valley in 2011, a change of 7.7% from 2006. Of these, 29.0% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -11.2% compared with five years earlier.

Drayton Valley – Structural type of dwelling

In Drayton Valley, 66.4% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Language

Drayton Valley, T – Mother tongue

Note: Counts for mother tongue as well as those for language spoken most often at home include single responses only.

In Drayton Valley, 92.7% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.4% reported French only, and 5.0% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 77.0% for English only, 1.9% for French only and 19.4% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 97.0% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.2% spoke only French and 1.4% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 85.7% for only English, 0.7% for only French and 10.5% for only a non-official language.

Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.

English

99.9

99.9

0.0

French

31.8

9.1

22.7

Non-official language

66.7

39.5

27.2

Drayton Valley, T – Non-official languages

In Drayton Valley, the three most common mother tongues were Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) (1.4%), German (0.9%) and Arabic (0.6%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were German (2.3%), Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) (1.9%) and Panjabi (Punjabi) (1.5%).

Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.

Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).

Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.